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Remember the days of raw, hard funk and rock: legendary musician Jerry ""Wyzard"" Seay reflects on his remarkable life journey from his living room in Miami to sold-out arenas. Sex, drugs, and funk-rock roll collide with spiritual awakening in this inspiring memoir. Born in Miami, Florida, into a musical family, Jerry ""Wyzard"" Seay was predestined for a life in music. A talented keyboard player, his father encouraged all eleven of his children to learn musical instruments. By the age of twelve, Jerry was performing gigs with his oldest brother Frank, becoming a fixture on Miami's North Beach scene. At seventeen, he was introduced to Joyce Washington, Glenn Murdock, and Gary Moore through his brother William (Lunch), and found himself among the founding members of the world's first genre-bending bands. Traveling the world as a bassist, singer, and songwriter with Mother's Finest, Wyzard discovered the magic of making music. His love for the craft deepened with each passing year as he and his bandmates made history. In his memoir, Wyzard, he revisits his early life and coming-of-age experiences, sharing the highs and lows of his career, as well as his own spiritual enlightenment. He invites readers along for the ride, recounting adventures on the road with Jackie Wilson, Stevie Nicks, Ricky Medlocke, and Blackfoot. Readers will find themselves immersed in this spiritual and melodic journey, which is nostalgic, inspirational, and often hilarious.

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Jerry ""Wyzard"" Seay is a founding member of Mother's Finest, the world's first multi-cultural funk rock band based in Atlanta, Georgia. As a member of Mother's Finest, he toured globally, performing both as a headlining act and as an opener for many popular bands, including The Who, Aerosmith, Parliament-Funkadelic, Santana, and AC-DC. He also toured with Stevie Nicks on her Wild Heart Tour and was a member of Ricky Medlocke and Blackfoot. Mother's Finest is honored within the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2011.

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